🏠 Housing Equity

Housing is a human right, not an auction to the highest bidder. Affordable, dignified housing is a right, not a privilege. Mary has seen neighbors forced to leave their homes because of unfair rent hikes and broken rent control. Responsible housing development must protect communities, not displace them or increase homelessness. If working families can’t afford to live in their own neighborhoods, who are these new apartments really for? Mary supports freezing in rent rise for rent stabilized apartments and investments in massive public housing projects to create deeply affordable housing for low income working class people. Mary supports community land trusts as a way for New Yorkers to develop long standing deep affordability and community ownership. Mary wants to get rid of the income floor for affordable housing units to make them truly affordable for some of the most vulnerable New Yorkers.


 

🏥 Universal Health Care
Everyone deserves access to care, no matter their income or status. No one chooses to suffer from illness, and untreated disease puts entire communities at risk. Healthcare is a human right. It would be a shame for New York if it cannot guarantee this right to all its residents. Mary believes every person in this great state deserves access to single-payer, high-quality universal healthcare.

 

🚨 Decriminalizing Poverty

Mary believes in a community-centered approach to end the criminalization of poverty. Every New Yorker deserves access to basic needs and a life of dignity. Mary will fight to expand mental health support and provide skills-based training, helping people connect to meaningful jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities.

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🎓 Free CUNY & SUNY for All

Education should not be commodified. It should lift us up, not weigh us down with debt. Education is a powerful equalizer, and Mary is fighting to make higher education truly accessible for every New Yorker.

 

⏳ Term Limits for All Elected Offices

Leadership should serve the people, not cling to power. Term limits promote accountability, strengthen participatory democracy, and open the door for new voices and bold ideas in our political system. Mary supports term limits because she believes politics should be a tool for service, not a pathway to lifelong power or career.

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🏡 Helping Small Homeowners

Mary believes small homeowners are the backbone of our communities, protecting our neighborhoods from wealthy developers. Homeowners should never be forced to give up their homes to corporate interests. We must empower diverse communities to retain ownership and control of their homes. Mary will support sustainable solutions that help small homeowners keep their houses and receive legal help and fair compensation if they face unjust rent losses.

 

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform

Mary supports restorative justice. She does not believe in punitive systems. She champions community-centered, humane solutions focused on prevention, healing, and keeping families and neighborhoods safe, not incarceration except in case of violent crimes. Mary believes that youth and young adults living in poverty are unfairly penalized by incarceration instead of being given the support they need to thrive. Mary has observed the racial disparities in incarceration rates. She supports expanding programs and resources for youth and young adults in low-income communities and strongly opposes the school-to-prison pipeline.

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👶 Universal Child Care

Working families need real support, not impossible choices. As a mother of three, Mary knows firsthand the struggles parents face. She’s fighting to lift the burden of childcare off families’ backs and ensure every child has access to quality early care. Paid childcare empowers parents, promotes healthy development, and helps end inequality that starts at birth. Every child deserves a strong start and every parent deserves support.

 

📚 Universal Pre-K & Quality Education for AllI

Mary supports investing in every child’s future from the beginning. As a public school parent and a regular substitute teacher in underserved schools, Mary has seen the inequities in our education system up close. She knows that a child’s future should not be determined by their zip code or their parents’ income. Every child in New York deserves a high-quality education rooted in equity, not privilege.

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To learn about Mary's position on any specific issue, please email us to maryforassembly@gmail.com